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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Vatican
City, 10 July 2012
(VIS) - The Holy Father has sent a telegram of condolence to
Archbishop Orani Joao Tempesta, O. Cist., of Sao Sebastiao do Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, on the death of Cardinal Eugenio Araujo Sales,
archbishop emeritus of the same archdiocese. Cardinal Araujo Sales,
who had a "long life dedicated to the Church in Brazil",
died late last night at the age of 91.

In
the text of his telegram Benedict XVI recalls the cardinal's three
decades as archbishop of Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro and his
almost seventy years of priesthood, which were distinguished for
"showing to all the path of truth in charity and service".